JP2012080191A - On-vehicle electronic apparatus and automobile using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain usability for a person other than a party who receives a phone call when a portable phone rings in a vehicle.SOLUTION: An on-vehicle electronic apparatus includes for attaining the purpose: a receiver antenna 6; a terminal registration management part 7 for registering and managing terminal information on a terminal and in-vehicle position information on the terminal which are received by the receiver antenna 6; a signal processing part 8 for processing data retained in the terminal; a speaker output control part 9 arranged on the output side of the signal processing part 8; and a control part 10 for controlling the terminal registration management part 7, the signal processing part 8, and the speaker output control part 9.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle electronic device.

  In recent years, automobiles that have been put on the market are each provided with a speaker corresponding to a plurality of seats provided in the vehicle. In addition, the vehicular electronic device installed in the car of such a car can play back a plurality of terminals existing in the car, specifically music stored in the mobile phone, etc., with the speaker as appropriate. (In addition, the following patent document 1 exists as a prior document similar to this).

JP 2008-42577 A

  The problem in the above conventional example is that it is inconvenient.

  That is, in the conventional example, when a call is made to a mobile phone in a car, the output to all the speakers is suppressed or reduced, so that a person other than the party receiving the call listens to music. It was not easy to use.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to improve the usability of a person other than the party who has made a call when a call is made to a mobile phone in a car.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a receiving antenna, a terminal registration management unit for registering and managing terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna and in-vehicle position information of the terminal, and data held by the terminal A signal processing unit for processing, a speaker output control unit provided on the output side of the signal processing unit, and a control unit for controlling the terminal registration management unit, the signal processing unit, and the speaker output control unit This achieves the intended purpose.

  As described above, the present invention provides a receiving antenna, a terminal registration management unit for registering and managing terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna and in-vehicle position information of the terminal, and signal processing for processing data held by the terminal. And a speaker output control unit provided on the output side of the signal processing unit, and a control unit that controls the terminal registration management unit, the signal processing unit, and the speaker output control unit. , It is possible to improve the usability of the party other than the party who received the call.

  That is, in the present invention, when a call is made to a mobile phone in a vehicle, the control unit does not suppress or reduce output to all the speakers, but the control unit controls the terminal information of the mobile phone and the mobile phone. Use the location information in the car to control or reduce the volume of music playback on the speaker near the mobile phone where the phone is called. As a result, usability can be improved.

The figure which looked at the state which installed in-vehicle electronic equipment concerning one embodiment of the present invention in the car from the upper side of vehicles Front view of music playback state of the in-vehicle electronic device Configuration diagram of the in-vehicle electronic device Flow chart showing the terminal registration procedure of the in-vehicle electronic device The figure which shows the input screen which registers the terminal position of the same in-vehicle electronic device The figure which shows the terminal management table of the same vehicle-mounted electronic device The figure which shows the speaker position management table of the same vehicle-mounted electronic device The flowchart which shows the process at the time of the terminal arrival which is registered in the same in-vehicle electronic device

(Embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In FIG. 1, a handle 2 is provided at a front portion of a vehicle 1, and an in-vehicle electronic device 3 is disposed on the side of the handle 2. In addition, seats 4FR and 4FL are disposed in the front portion. Further, seats 4RR and 4RL are also arranged at the rear of the vehicle 1.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the driver who has the terminal A is seated in the seat 4FR, the terminal B is seated in the seat 4FL, and the passenger who has the terminal C is seated in the seat 4RL. Terminals A to C have a communication function such as a mobile phone.

  FIG. 2 shows the display unit 5 in the vehicle-mounted electronic device 3 that is playing back music data held by the terminal B owned by the passenger in the seat 4FL.

  In the present embodiment, the in-vehicle electronic device 3 is particularly configured as shown in FIG.

  That is, the receiving antenna 6 that receives radio waves from the terminal, the terminal registration management unit 7 that registers and manages the terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna 6 and the in-vehicle position information of the terminal, and the data held by the terminal are processed. A signal processing unit 8 and a speaker output control unit 9 provided on the output side of the signal processing unit 8 are provided. And the control part 10 which controls the terminal registration management part 7, the signal processing part 8, and the speaker output control part 9 is provided.

  In addition, a communication management unit 11 connected to the receiving antenna 6 for managing communication, a display control unit 12 for controlling display contents of the display unit 5 such as a liquid crystal panel for displaying contents of music data being reproduced, and the like Has an operation unit 13 for inputting to the in-vehicle electronic device 3. In addition, although Bluetooth (registered trademark) is often used as a communication means between the terminal and the in-vehicle electronic device 3, it is not limited to this. The operation unit 13 preferably uses a touch panel.

  Next, a procedure for initial registration of a terminal in the in-vehicle electronic device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the control unit 10 receives an input from the operation unit 13 by the operator, and the control unit 10 instructs the communication management unit 11 to start a terminal registration operation (step 1). In step 2, the control unit 10 determines whether the terminal is registered. For example, when using Bluetooth (registered trademark) as a communication means, a terminal is registered in the in-vehicle electronic device 3 according to a procedure determined by the standard. If the registration result is successful, the process proceeds to step 3. If the registration result is unsuccessful, the process ends.

  In step 3, the control unit 10 instructs the display control unit 12 to display the terminal position information input screen (shown in FIG. 5) for inputting the registered terminal position information on the display unit 5. Next, in step 4, the control unit 10 acquires the terminal position information selected by the operator through the operation of the operation unit 13. In step 5, the control unit 10 instructs the terminal registration management unit 7 to register terminal location information.

  As shown in FIG. 5, by using a schematic diagram in which the arrangement of seats is very easy to understand and using operation input by a touch panel, the operability is very good and the usability is good.

  Here, using FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8, the operation when a call is made to the terminal B in the vehicle shown in FIG.

  First, the terminal management table managed by the terminal registration management unit 7 shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

  Each terminal registered by the process of FIG. 4 is assigned ID 14 and has terminal information 15, terminal position 16, and connection state 17 information. In addition, HFP shown in the connection state 17 means connection by a hands-free profile, and AVP means connection by an Audio / Visual profile.

  Next, the speaker position management table managed by the speaker output control unit in FIG. 7 will be described.

  As speaker information 18 of each speaker installed in the vehicle, position information 19 indicating where in the vehicle such as the driver's seat and the passenger seat, the current volume value 20, and the volume before the mute operation is performed It has a volume value of 21.

  In such a configuration, an operation when a call is received during reproduction of music data will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  It is assumed that the in-vehicle electronic device 3 is reproducing music data held by the terminal A. In step 6, the communication management unit 11 receives the terminal state change notification of the terminal B that has received a call, and transmits it to the control unit 10. The terminal state change notification includes terminal information, a state (in this case, an incoming call), and an incoming call number. And the control part 10 confirms the terminal position of the terminal B with the terminal registration management part 7 (step 7).

  Next, the control unit 10 checks whether or not music is being played back (step 8). If music is not being played back, the process ends. If music is being reproduced, the process proceeds to step 9. In step 9, the control unit 10 notifies the speaker output control unit 9 of the terminal position (passenger seat) of the terminal B, and instructs the position information 19 in FIG. 7 to mute the music playback volume of the speaker b that is the passenger seat. To do.

  Then, when the control unit 10 confirms that the call of the terminal B has ended (step 10), the control unit 10 instructs the speaker output control unit 9 to restore the volume of all speakers, and ends the processing (step). 11).

  As described above, the present invention provides a receiving antenna, a terminal registration management unit for registering and managing terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna and in-vehicle position information of the terminal, and signal processing for processing data held by the terminal. And a speaker output control unit provided on the output side of the signal processing unit, and a control unit that controls the terminal registration management unit, the signal processing unit, and the speaker output control unit. , It is possible to improve the usability of the party other than the party who received the call.

  That is, in the present invention, when a call is made to a mobile phone in a vehicle, the control unit does not suppress or reduce output to all the speakers, but the control unit controls the terminal information of the mobile phone and the mobile phone. Use the location information in the car to control or reduce the volume of music playback on the speaker near the mobile phone where the phone is called. As a result, usability can be improved.

  As described above, the present invention provides a receiving antenna, a terminal registration management unit for registering and managing terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna and in-vehicle position information of the terminal, and signal processing for processing data held by the terminal. And a speaker output control unit provided on the output side of the signal processing unit, and a control unit that controls the terminal registration management unit, the signal processing unit, and the speaker output control unit. , It is possible to improve the usability of the party other than the party who received the call.

  That is, in the present invention, when a call is made to a mobile phone in a vehicle, the control unit does not suppress or reduce output to all the speakers, but the control unit controls the terminal information of the mobile phone and the mobile phone. Use the location information in the car to control or reduce the volume of music playback on the speaker near the mobile phone where the phone is called. As a result, usability can be improved.

  Therefore, it becomes extremely useful as an in-vehicle electronic device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Handle 3 In-vehicle electronic device 4FR, 4FL, 4RR, 4RL Seat 5 Display unit 6 Receiving antenna 7 Terminal registration management unit 8 Signal processing unit 9 Speaker output control unit 10 Control unit 11 Communication management unit 12 Display control unit 13 Operation Part 14 ID
15 terminal information 16 terminal position 17 connection state 18 speaker information 19 position information 20 current volume value 21 previous volume value

Claims (5)

  A receiving antenna, a terminal registration management unit for registering and managing terminal information of the terminal received by the receiving antenna and in-vehicle position information of the terminal, a signal processing unit for processing data held by the terminal, and a signal processing unit An in-vehicle electronic device comprising: a speaker output control unit provided on an output side; and a control unit that controls the terminal registration management unit, the signal processing unit, and the speaker output control unit.   The terminal is a mobile phone, and the control unit suppresses output to the speaker at the in-vehicle position where the incoming mobile phone exists based on the in-vehicle position information of the incoming mobile phone. Or the vehicle-mounted electronic device of Claim 1 made into the structure which stops.   The in-vehicle electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a display unit for inputting in-vehicle position information of the terminal is provided, and the display unit displays a seat in the vehicle.   The in-vehicle electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising switching means for inputting in-vehicle position information corresponding to the seat display of the display unit.   In a vehicle in which a plurality of seats are provided in a vehicle and speakers are arranged corresponding to the respective seats, the speaker output control unit of the in-vehicle electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is connected to the speakers. Car.